Makers Guild - Ruth Harries - the makers guild in wales
These works are part of an ongoing series, which consider aspects of my Welsh 'Identity' and the use of the Welsh language through the generations of my family. Current work also draws from personal responses to motherhood; observing relationships and emotions and the beauty of a child's simple drawings; their awareness of space and composition.
Working directly; letting it grow and develop intuitively and spontaneously, I use machine stitch, where dense layers are built up, completely covering background fabric, achieving subtle variations in colour and tone in a free and expressive way. The diverse qualities of mark-making produced by painting, drawing and writing are all considered in stitch.
Mae’r gwaith hwn yn ran o gyfres barhaus, sy’n ystyried agwenddau ar fy ‘Hunaniaeth’ Cymraeg a’r defnydd o’r iaith Gymraeg drwy’r cenedlaethau fy nheulu. Mae’r gwaith presennol hefyd yn cael ei ysbrydoli gan ymatebion personol i fod yn fam; gan arsylwi perthnasau ac emosiynau a harddwch lluniau syml plant; eu hymwybyddiaeth o ofod a chyfansoddiad.
Rwy’n gweithio’n uniongyrchol; gan adael iddo dyfu a datblygu yn reddfol ac yn ddigymell, rwy’n defnyddio pwyth peiriant, lle mae haenau trwchus yn cael eu hadeiladu i fyny, gan gwmpasu’r ffabrig cefndir yn gyfan gwbl, gan gyflawni amrywiadau cynnil mewn lliw a thôn mewn modd rhydd a mynegiannol. Mae rhinweddau amrywiol o wneud marciau wedi eu cynhyrchu yn eu darnau gan baentio, llunio ac ysgrifennu mewn pwythau.
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